The paradox of soft skills versus technical skills in is hiring

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-76

  Litecky, Charles R ^a   Arnett, Kirk P ^b   Prabhakar, Bipin ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Hiring; Information Systems; Jobs; Recruiting; Skills

Indexed keywords

HIRING; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; JOBS; RECRUITING; SKILLS;

DECISION THEORY; JOB ANALYSIS; MARKETING; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; PERSONNEL; PERSONNEL TESTING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 8344228632     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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